Barrel nut
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For a barrel nut with a flange, see Sex bolt.
A barrel nut is a specialized nut that is commonly used in aerospace applications. It is used to bolt thin sheet metal parts to larger, often billet or forged, parts. The barrel nut is a round slug, or formed sheet metal part with threads perpendicular to the length of the nut. The nut sits in a hole inside the forging and a standard machine screw is threaded into the barrel nut from outside the sheet metal. They are preferred over a standard nut and bolt, because they do not require a flange to be machined or forged onto the receiving part, thus reducing weight.[1]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Smith, pp. 107–108.
[edit] Bibliography
- Smith, Carroll (1990). Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners, and Plumbing Handbook. MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 0879384069. http://books.google.com/?id=A81HmmRCN7YC..
